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Vocab Group 2 Flashcards

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Accolade (n)

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an expression of praise

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Abate (v)

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To lessen in intensity or degree

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Adulation (n)

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Excessive praise; intense adoration

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Ameliorate (v)

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To make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic (n)

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One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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Avarice (n)

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Greed, especially for wealth

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Burgeon (v)

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To grow rapidly; flourish

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Bucolic (adj)

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Rustic and pastoral

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Castigation (n)

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Severe criticism or punishment

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Chary (adj)

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Wary; sparing

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Cogent (adj)

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Convincing (in mind or reason)

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Dearth (n)

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Smallness of quantity; scarcity; lack

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Demur (v)

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To question or oppose

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Didactic (adj)

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Intending to teach or instruct

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Disinterested (adj)

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Free of bias or self interest; impartial

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Ebullience (n)

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The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

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Elegy (n)

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Mournful poem

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Ephemeral (adj)

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Brief; fleeting

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Facetious (adj)

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Playful; humorous

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Harangue (v/n)

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To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; the pompous speech

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Impecunious (adj)

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Lacking funds; without money

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Incipient (adj)

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Beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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Intransigent (adj)

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Refusing to compromise

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Inveigle (v)

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To obtain by deception or flattery

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Odious (adj)

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Evoking intense aversion/dislike

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Penurious (adj)

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Penny-pinching

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Preen (v)

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To dress up; primp

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Prolific (adj)

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Producing large volumes or amounts; productive

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Quaff (v)

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To drink deeply

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Quiescence (n)

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Stillness, being at rest

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Redoubtable (adj)

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Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

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Supplant (v)

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To take the place of; to supersede

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Torpid (adj)

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Lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n form: torpor)

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Urbane (adj)

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Sophisticated; refined; elegant

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Vilify (v)

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To defame; to characterize harshly

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